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July 2007
Malaria: Stopping a Global Killer
The rapidly spreading disease affects more people than ever before. But until recently, the outcry has been muted.
Features
Iceman Dying
Last Hours of the Iceman
Scientists have poked, prodded, and x-rayed the 5,000-year-old mummy found in the Alps. Was he murdered?
Red Bird Valentine
Birds of Paradise
New Guinea's birds of paradise have the campiest costumes—and the craziest mating game—in the feathered kingdom.
Tongass Logging
Tongass National Forest
Lumber mills still harvest old-growth trees in Alaska's Tongass National Forest.
Locust Swarm
Swarm Theory
A single ant or bee isn't smart, but their colonies are.
Grasshopper
Your Shot
Submit your photo, check out Your Shot jigsaw puzzles, and see reader photos published in National Geographic.
Red Bird Paradise
Desktop Wallpaper
Decorate your desktop with beautiful images from this month's issue of the magazine.
Jellyfish
Visions of Earth
Each month, National Geographic magazine features breathtaking photographs in Visions of Earth.
Sailors Flag
Flashback
From 1918: Far from the ocean, 10,000 sailors-to-be took the form of a flag at Illinois's Great Lakes Naval Station.